A nice evening in NYC

So this last Monday, Adrienne and I left Sophie with Cinda and went to see Avenue Q on Broadway. It was not only very funny, it was my favorite kind of funny - funny with a point. The show takes on the subjects of purpose, love, racism, schadenfreude, and internet porn (for starters) in an adult parody of Sesame Street. The songs are annoyingly catchy (Broadway musical meets children's TV, go figure...) and it's thought-provoking without being too preachy. Highly recommended!

After that, we walked around the Times Square/Theater District for a while, then went to a restaurant in Times Square for a late snack and a glass of wine while people-watching out the window. It was a great evening!

I'm reading "The Secret History of the American Empire" by John Perkins. I'm about halfway through the book. So far it's a little scary, but eye-opening and generally optimistic. Best of all, it seems to give hope and solutions for the reader, 2 things that I consider to be vital to any book in this subject area. Without at least one of the two, I think it's almost a waste of time to read such a book. Anyway, it was interesting on Monday night, being surrounded by such intense marketing on all sides, and thinking about all the labor and resources that go into the products being advertised.